[TriLUG] tab completion behavior changes with recent Ubuntu

[Brian Henning via TriLUG]

Pete,

Why are you using "$HOME" instead of the tilde character?  E.g.

	$ cp ~/Pictures/<tab><tab>
For me yields
	[directory listing]
	$ cp ~/Pictures/

I get the same behavior you describe below (the addition of the escape) if I type $HOME.  Tilde saves you four keystrokes and works in most[1] shells.

Cheers,
-Brian

[1] - where "most" is "four": sh, ksh, csh, and bash


-----Original Message-----
From: TriLUG <trilug-bounces+bhenning=pineresearch.com at trilug.org> On Behalf Of Pete Soper via TriLUG
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2020 10:49 AM
To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion <trilug at trilug.org>
Subject: [TriLUG] tab completion behavior changes with recent Ubuntu

Running Ubuntu 18.04.1 with recent updates.

I type this:

/cp $HOME/Pictures//

Then I type "tab", expecting this, as I would see for the last decade or
two:

/cp $HOME/Pictures/20200921_STM32F031F6P6.jpg/

But instead I see:

/cp \$HOME/Pictures/20200921_STM32F031F6P6.jpg/

So then if I've forgotten the freebee backslash, when I add a period to get the file into my current directory:

/cp \$HOME/Pictures/20200921_STM32F031F6P6.jpg ./

Instead the operation fails as HOME/Pictures isn't valid.

What is causing this and how to I eliminate?

And out of curiosity, how did I accidentally enable this free escape of '$'? Is it a feature somehow?

Thanks,
Pete



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